Memberships

European Association of Pediatric Cardiology, Working Group Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Councilor European Society of Pediatric Cardiology

World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Founding Member

Board Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics Sub-board Cardiology

American Board of Pediatrics Sub-board Critical Care Medicine

Awards

Best Doctors in America 2014

October 2007, Ministry of Social Protection Medal of Merit for Contributions to the Medical Field of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, awarded by the President of the Republic of Colombia, Decree No. 4183, The “Jorge Bejarano” Civic Cross of Health and Social Merit, Bronze Medal, Bogota, D.C.

2004-2008, Five Star Customer Service Award, for scoring in the top 10% for “Excellent” responses, Inpatient Pediatric Services Overall Quality of Care, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, CICU, 5 consecutive years

Grant Award for the Minority, Clinical Associate Physician(NIH) General Clinical Research Center

Biography Summary

Ricardo Muñoz, MD, FAAP, FCCM, F.A.C.C., is chief of the Cardiac Intensive Care Division and director of the Cardiac Recovery Program. He is also the Medical Director for Global Business and Telemedicine for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Dr. Munoz attended medical school at the Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia and completed his residency in pediatrics at the Hospital Militar Central, Bogota, Colombia, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Children's Hospital Boston. He also completed fellowships in pediatric critical care medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and in pediatric cardiology at Children’s Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Munoz is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Critical Care Medicine, and the American College of Cardiology.

Active Research Projects / Grants

Use of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Patients

Magnesium Metabolism in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Recovery Program: Neurologic outcome in children after discharge from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit